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La casa vieja está allí.

La casa vieja está allí.
The old house is there.
From Lesson 11:Locative adverbs (aquí, allí)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about La casa vieja está allí.

Why use allí in this sentence?
Allí means "there" or "over there" and is used for things that are far away from both the person speaking and the person listening. If the house were right next to you, you would use aquí ("here").
Why is the verb está used instead of es?
In Spanish, we use the verb estar (where está comes from) to talk about where things are located. Even though a house is permanently in one spot, Spanish always uses estar for physical locations, never ser.
Why does the word for "old" come after "house" (casa vieja)?
In Spanish, descriptive words (adjectives) like vieja almost always come after the thing they are describing. So instead of saying "old house", you say "house old" (casa vieja).
Could I say la casa viejo?
No, because adjectives have to match the gender of the noun they describe. Casa is a feminine noun (which is why we use la), so the adjective must also use its feminine form, ending in "-a" to become vieja.

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